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The Public Health (Restrictions on Tobacco Products) Regulations 2008 defines key terms related to tobacco products and advertising, promotion, and use of tobacco products. It defines terms such as "advertise", "child", "indoor area", "package", "promote", "public conveyance", "public place", "smoke", "sponsorship", and "tobacco product". The regulations restrict the advertising, promotion, and use of tobacco products in various public places and conveyances to protect public health.

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The Public Health (Restrictions on Tobacco Products) Regulations 2008 defines key terms related to tobacco products and advertising, promotion, and use of tobacco products. It defines terms such as "advertise", "child", "indoor area", "package", "promote", "public conveyance", "public place", "smoke", "sponsorship", and "tobacco product". The regulations restrict the advertising, promotion, and use of tobacco products in various public places and conveyances to protect public health.

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Government Notice No.

263 of 2008

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

Regulations made by the Minister under sections 193 and 194


of the Public Health Act

1. These regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Restrictions on


Tobacco Products) Regulations 2008.

2. In these regulations –

“advertise” –

(a) means to publicise any drawn, still or moving picture, sign, symbol,
trade mark, manufacturer’s name, logo, brand name, other
visual image or message or audible message;

(b) includes any commercial communication through media or by any


other means;

“child” means any person under the age of 18;

“cigar” includes cigarillo;

“green tobacco” has the same meaning as in the Tobacco Production and
Marketing Act;

“indoor area” means any space covered by roof or enclosed by one or


more walls, whether temporary or permanent;

“leaf tobacco” has the same meaning as in the Tobacco Production and
Marketing Act;

“manufactured tobacco” has the same meaning as in the Tobacco


Production and Marketing Act;

“package” –

(a) means any covering, wrapper, container or other enclosure that


contains a tobacco product, or cartons, containers or
other enclosures that contain tobacco products;

(b) includes any label and other written or graphic information on or in


it;

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“promote” –

(a) means any act intended to or likely to encourage, directly or


indirectly, the purchase or use, or to create an awareness;

(b) includes the offer or supply of a tobacco product free of charge, at


a discounted price, as a prize, pursuant to a lottery or otherwise;

“public conveyance” means any means of transport carrying passengers


for hire or reward;

“public place” –

(a) means –

(i) an indoor area which is open to the public or any part of the
public;

(ii) a public conveyance;

(iii) a workplace, but excludes an area demarcated for that


purpose;

(b) includes a place specified in the First Schedule;

“smoke” means to inhale, exhale or handle an ignited or heated tobacco


product or a tobacco product producing emissions by any means;

“sponsorship” means any form of contribution to any event, activity


or individual with the aim, effect or likely effect of promoting a
tobacco product or tobacco use directly or indirectly;

“tobacco product” –

(a) means any cigarette, cigar or a product composed in whole or


in part of tobacco, including tobacco leaves or any extract of
tobacco leaves or any mixture containing tobacco;

(b) includes pipe tobacco, green tobacco, leaf tobacco, manufactured


tobacco, cigarette papers, tubes or filters; but

(c) excludes any product prescribed by a medical practitioner as a


nicotine replacement therapy;

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